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Miriam Freedman's Grading, Reporting, Graduating...and the Law is a valuable resource for school administrators, special education teachers, general education teachers, and parents. She explains laws and regulations in an easy-to-read format with visuals and legal cases to drive home the important issues. -- (03/09/2020) Read this. Keep it close at hand. Miriam has a knack for clear and simple explanations for the most perplexing issues related to special education. Her friendly and reassuring style coupled with easily understood examples make this a model for professional development. This is a resource you will find yourself using frequently. -- (03/31/2020) In the practice of special education, grading, report cards, and graduation can be confusing and viewed as complex and muddy . This little book proves practical, insightful, and straight forward guidance for all educators. It is a quick, yet powerful read. I use it as a resource to provide explanation and training to colleagues in the field. Miriam does it again...leading us to a no-nonsense approach that steers clear of the mud. --Anne Delfosse (04/07/2020)

Miriam Freedman's Grading, Reporting, Graduating...and the Law is a valuable resource for school administrators, special education teachers, general education teachers, and parents. She explains laws and regulations in an easy-to-read format with visuals and legal cases to drive home the important issues. -- (03/09/2020)

""In the practice of special education, grading, report cards, and graduation can be confusing and viewed as complex and ""muddy"". This little book proves practical, insightful, and straight forward guidance for all educators. It is a quick, yet powerful read. I use it as a resource to provide explanation and training to colleagues in the field. Miriam does it again...leading us to a no-nonsense approach that steers clear of the mud."" --Anne Delfosse (4/7/2020 12:00:00 AM) ""Miriam Freedman′s Grading, Reporting, Graduating...and the Law is a valuable resource for school administrators, special education teachers, general education teachers, and parents. She explains laws and regulations in an easy-to-read format with visuals and legal cases to drive home the important issues.""--Jody O′Brien (3/9/2020 12:00:00 AM) ""Read this. Keep it close at hand. Miriam has a knack for clear and simple explanations for the most perplexing issues related to special education. Her friendly and reassuring style coupled with easily understood examples make this a model for professional development. This is a resource you will find yourself using frequently."" --Mary Bevernick (3/31/2020 12:00:00 AM)

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After a decade spent as a teacher in New Jersey, Miriam Kurtz Freedman became a lawyer and worked in public education for more than 35 years, first as a hearing officer for special education disputes, and then as an attorney representing public schools. Now her path has taken her in two directions--first, as a reformer and thought leader; second, as a lawyer, speaker, consultant, author, and expert in education law and policy. She is the author of 3 books, with the most recent being Special Education 2.0: Breaking Taboos to Build a NEW Education Law. The goal of Miriam′s work has been to focus squarely on all students to improve outcomes and rebuild trust among all players, rather than continue to grow distrust through bureaucratic burdens, litigation, fear of litigation, etc. She believes that, while we may not be able to return to a simpler era, we must refocus education, including special education, on teaching and learning and not on lawsuits, bureaucracy, or one size fits all national mandates. Miriam was one of a group who created Special Education Day to celebrate the success of special education since 1975 and to spur reform. Visit www.specialeducationday.com for more information. Among reforms spawned at Special Education Day is SpedEx, the successful alternate dispute resolution model that is sponsored and funded by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. For information, visit https: //sites.google.com/a/bc.edu/spedexresolution.

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